Fashion

The first Monday in May has passed, which means the international elite gathered once again to celebrate the art of fashion at New York’s Metropolitan Museum. Meanwhile, the rest of us found joy in livestreaming the event from home and judging outfits worth more than our annual salaries. This year’s theme was “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”, with the Black dandy as its central figure. The exhibition, as British Vogue explains, explores “the importance of clothing and style to the formation of...

Words Vicky MadzakAfter celebrating the brand’s 45th anniversary in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia last November, Elie Saab enchanted his audience at Paris Fashion Week. The Haute Couture SS25 collection, ‘Portrait Of A Dream’, was inspired by ‘the romantic radiance of an Impressionist garden’. The mostly self-taught designer rose to fame due to his exhilarating take on bridal fashion. The intricate works often include detailed embroidery, gemstones, crystals, and pearls, naturally emphasizing these stapl...

The first Monday of May has come around and gone again, which means designers and celebrities, influencers and socialites once more gathered at the Metropolitan Museum in New York to celebrate extravagant art in the form of fashion, displayed at MET’s Costume Institute and on this year’s green-beige carpet.


The four co-chairs that joined Anna Wintour in hosting the event this year were American actress/singer Zendaya, American actress/singer Jennifer Lopez, Australian actor Chris Hemsworth an...

On May 1st – the first Monday of May – the 2023 Met Gala took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The charity event fundraising for the museum’s Costume Institute, always timed to mark the opening of its annual fashion exhibition, has been run by Vogue’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour since 1995 and features four different co-hosts each year – this year they were actress and Chanel ambassador Penélope Cruz, British pop star Dua Lipa and writer and actress Michaela Coel (both...